Africa: Africa Heads to COP31 Fighting for Climate Finance and Control of its Resources
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African negotiators are preparing for COP31. They state the primary conflict at the UN climate talks involves money and minerals. The dispute centers on who will profit from the energy transition. Negotiators must first secure the right to discuss climate finance before they can argue over the funds.
[Bird Story Agency] Negotiators from the continent say the real contest at the UN climate talks is over money, minerals and who gets to profit from the energy transition. But before African negotiators can argue over climate finance at COP31, they must first fight for the right to discuss it.